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the book of job, and an unjust god

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Coragyps
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Message 121 of 181 (170787)
12-22-2004 1:27 PM 		Reply to: Message 118 by dpardo
12-22-2004 1:20 PM

The Amalekites could have repented and asked God for forgiveness.
The Amalekites, though, had only their enemies' word that this particular god even existed, and this particular god claimed (or was claimed, rather) to be the god of the Israelites, not the Amalekites. Do you follow the commands of Zeus or of Chango, dpardo? Aren't you afraid of them zapping your kids?
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I thought not.
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Coragyps
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12-22-2004 1:30 PM 		Reply to: Message 122 by Dan Carroll
12-22-2004 1:27 PM

So we should kill people for what they might do someday?
If it's US foreign policy, shouldn't it be good enough for you, too, Dan? [/sarcasm]
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Coragyps
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12-22-2004 5:06 PM 		Reply to: Message 144 by sidelined
12-22-2004 4:31 PM

Thanks, Sidelined. I though I knew everything Owen wrote, but you found me another.
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I'll go read it again and cry for our sorry-ass species a while.
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Coragyps
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12-22-2004 9:29 PM 		Reply to: Message 153 by sidelined
12-22-2004 8:00 PM

Why is it that the two sets of commandments differ if they are supposed to be the same according to the bible?
And note that we only have Moses's word as to what the chapter 20 set said - he broke those tablets. The chapter 34 ones were the set that got carried around in the Ark of the Covenant for the next few centuries.
I'll follow the new thread when it starts.
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